Your Selfishness has a Price and It is Someone’s Life.

To earn a driving license, an extensive examination is taken by drivers on the dangers of driving. The tests are difficult to score in. The problem lies with the drivers not complying with the rules and thinking they’re above the law. As well as that, they make choices based on what their perception of safety is. They, in turn, hurt themselves and others.

However, when the person is heavily intoxicated, they can’t produce logical decisions. One way to initiate precaution is for us to provide easily accessible forms of transportation, especially around bars, clubs and pubs. Moreover, we can create a phone application that lets users call friends/family, a cab, or ride-share service by simply clicking on a button. It can, furthermore, have a feature that sends a message to someone you trust’s phone to let them know that you’re fuddled. They will then receive your location information alongside this message.

The majority of drivers who text while driving, cause accidents. A solution is to educate drivers, by showing them the effect of driving rashly. Firstly, it is necessary to educate students from the age 14, on the graphs and statistics of the numbers of deaths caused by car accidents. This will offer them more awareness on the subject. We, additionally, need to oblige them to watch videos of people sharing their personal experiences with car accidents. This is to compel people to rethink their actions and feel more responsible while driving. It will also enable them to develop more compassion for victims of car crashes.

One of the ways to involve students is by hosting a series of activities to enhance their learning experience in the form of an educational campaign. An arranged meeting with the Transport Police will give them first-hand insight on how road accidents occur. Moreover, students filling out a form on what they have learned afterwards will guarantee they paid attention.

When I was 16, my friend was injured in a car accident. A reckless driver was switching lanes and almost hit my friend, had her father not swerved in time. Consequently, the accident shattered her leg and bruises ran up her body. He escaped the punishment, whereas, she needed to receive surgical staples in her leg. For one whole year, she was not able to walk. This caused her to miss out on important experiences no 16-year-old should miss out on. When I saw her lying on the hospital bed, I bawled my eyes out. As she lay bedridden in a solemn state, I pondered on how before the crash, she was one of the most energetic, smart and exuberant people in my class. This had only occurred to her due to inconsiderate reckless driving.

Ever since then, I have been extremely careful and I do not take my eyes off the road. I believe that no action of mine should be selfish enough to be the cause of demise for others or myself. A text or drink is expendable, people are not.